Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]SO MUCH startling architecture and art!! ric > On Oct 16, 2015, at 2:12 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > > Wroc?aw is a city of about 700,000 inhabitants in south-western Poland. > Until 1945 it was known by its German name of Breslau. Since the Middle > Ages, it has been a melting pot of Poles, Germans, Czechs and Jews, as > wonderfully described by the British historian Norman Davies in his book > ?Microcosm - Portrait of a Central European City?. It is the city where I > was born and where my sister still lives. Tuesday was her birthday, so my > wife and I went there for a few days, taking advantage of the direct > Ryanair flight from Alicante. The city is changing rapidly, it is one of > the booming parts of the New Europe. But there are still many reminders of > the Communist past and indeed of the German past before that. I used to > not think much of this place, but recent visits, and especially this one, > have given me an appreciation of the vibrancy and vitality of this city. > Here is a small sample of what the place looks like: > > http://www.frozenlight.eu/wroclaw2015 > > As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information